Kim Min-kyu (golfer)

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Kim Min-kyu
Personal information
Born (2001-03-24) 24 March 2001 (age 20)
Gwangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Sporting nationality South Korea
Career
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s)Challenge Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour1
Other3

Kim Min-kyu (Korean: 김민규; born 24 March 2001), also known as Minkyu Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer. Aged 17, he won the 2018 D+D Real Czech Challenge on the Challenge Tour becoming the youngest-ever winner on the tour.

Professional career[]

Kim turned professional in early 2017 and played on the 2017 PGA EuroPro Tour. He won two tournaments in successive weeks in August, the Pentahotels Championship and FORE Business Championship. He was runner-up in the end-of-season Tour Championship Amendoeira Golf Resort and finished second in the Order of Merit to earn a place on the Challenge Tour for 2018.

In May 2018 he won the D+D Real Czech Challenge on the Challenge Tour becoming, at 17 years, 64 days, the youngest-ever winner on the tour.[1]

Professional wins (4)[]

Challenge Tour wins (1)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 27 May 2018 D+D Real Czech Challenge −20 (67-66-69-66=268) 3 strokes Sweden Sebastian Söderberg

PGA EuroPro Tour wins (2)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 18 Aug 2017 Pentahotels Championship −14 (65-67-73=205) 2 strokes England
2 25 Aug 2017 FORE Business Championship −12 (68-63-73=204) Playoff Republic of Ireland Niall Kearney

Other wins (1)[]

  • 2017 Windmill Hill Classic (Jamega Tour)[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "17-year-old Min-kyu Kim becomes youngest European Challenge Tour winner". Golf News Net. 27 May 2018.
  2. ^ "First Win for Min Kyu Kim". Jamega Pro Golf Tour. Retrieved 18 August 2018.

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